The new secondary education : a Phi Delta Kappa task force report by Maurice Gibbons(
Book
)2
editions published
in
1976
in
English
and held by
429 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The intent of this report of the Phi Delta Kappa Task Force on Compulsory Education and Transitions for Youth is to offer
a comprehensive model for educational change--to provide both recommendations and procedures for far-reaching change in secondary
education. The author emphasizes that simple revision of existing educational systems will not accomplish the kind of comprehensive
reform that is needed. Instead, a new and appropriate setting in school districts must be created. The questions surrounding
compulsory attendance age and voluntary attendance are discussed. Fourteen propositions intended as broad assumptions on which
to rethink secondary education are listed. A fictitious community school program is presented as an example of the practices
suggested in the 14 propositions. Comments and dissenting opinions of three task force members are appended. (Author/DS)

Desegregation research: an appraisal by Meyer Weinberg(
Book
)4
editions published
between
1968
and
1970
in
English
and held by
413 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Studies which are relevant to the experiences of children in segregated and desegregated schools are reviewed and evaluated
in this edition, including those completed by 1969. For purposes of the study segregation is defined as a socially patterned
separation of people; desegregation as the abolition of social practices that bar equal access to opportunity. The chapters
are concerned with: desegregation and academic achievement; aspiration and self concept; the student in school and in the
family; the Riverside, California, school study due to be completed in 1972; non-Negro minorities; the Equal Educational Opportunity
Survey and Racial Isolation in the Public Schools (two hew studies); the Negro community and desegregation; and anti-desegregation
critics. Included are a summary of the effects of desegregation, research trends, the author's conclusion, an author index,
a geographical index of studies, and a bibliography. The first edition (1968) is available from edrs as ed 031 527. (djb)

National issues in education by John F Jennings(
Book
)6
editions published
in
1995
in
English
and held by
408 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Examination of issues by key players in major education legislation during the Clinton administration: the Goals 200 Educate
America Act, School-to-Work Opportunities Act

The Teacher dropout by T. M Stinnett(
Book
)3
editions published
in
1970
in
English
and held by
392 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This collection of seven commissioned papers explores various aspects of teaching which are considered to be related to the
teacher dropout problem. Chapter titles are: 1) Overview of Factors Affecting the Holding Power of the Teaching Profession;
2) The Nature of the American Public School System; 3) The Decision-Making Apparatus in Public Education; 4) Teacher Workload
and Teacher Dropout; 5) The Effect of Personnel Policies on the Holding Power of Teaching; 6) The Preparation of Teachers:
Preservice and in-Service; 7) The Status of the Career Teacher: It s Effect upon the Teacher Dropout Problem; 8) Panel Discussion
of the Seven Papers, by the authors. (Rt)

Humanistic education, visions and realities by Richard H Weller(
Book
)2
editions published
in
1977
in
English
and held by
367 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This book makes the proceedings of the 1976 Phi Delta Kappa Symposium on Humanism in Education available to a broad audience.
It includes presentations, the ensuing discussion among the participants, and several reactions to the symposium. The focus
of the book is on the approaches--curricular, psychological, sociological, and organizational--that might be taken in the
search for greater humanism in the educational system. (Author/IRT)

Catcher in the wrong; iconoclasts in education by Billy Lawrence Turney(
Book
)4
editions published
in
1968
in
English
and held by
321 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Articles, anecdotes, and stories taken from the Phi delta kappan